Dream for a Dragon

Chapter 3

The group of shadows moved quickly into the forest with the frightened Dreamcatcher. There were patches of moonlight that shone through the trees. Celena wondered if the things that got her were even human. Then she saw a face, then another, and another, all of the same age as herself. She was a bit relived that they were actual humans.

Another light shone through the trees ahead. A fire. Surrounded by a group of young men. Although it somehow looked like they were facing towards someone. The boys who captured the Dreamcatcher departed, but some stayed with her. A brown haired boy, no older then seventeen or sixteen gave the young man, who held the poor girl, some rope to tie their hostage with. They pushed Celena forward as the other boys in front of her let her though to the fire.

There behind the fire was another young man. He didn't look much like a human. To Celena, the fire gave him a façade of importance. He looked very tired with the blood red blanket upon his shoulders. She also wondered what eye color the boy had because the fire mirrored perfectly in them. His hair reflected the fire also. The light of the fire made his pale skin glow. 'Who is he??'

The pale young man looked strait at the girl in front of the fire. His eyes are red!! Celena was a bit taken aback at his orbs. 'How could a human obtain such a color??'

"Bring her here." The young man's coarse voice commanded. He didn't sound very good. 'I wonder if it's because of his dreams...' the girl thought. The boys obeyed and pushed Celena to him. The two of them stared at each other, both with a different gaze. Celena looked down at him with wonder and fear. The boy glared at her intensely, maybe to look for any faults. The young man huffed.

"Are you a Dreamcatcher?" The boy strongly asked.

Celena didn't know what to say. She was too frightened to speak.

"Well?" He seemed very impatient. The boy put a hand on his chin and started to lean on it with his knee.

"Ahh--" 'Courage girl!' "Ahh... I am!"

The young man raised an eyebrow. "Is that so?" He talked back to the girl as if he were mocking her. His blood red blanket slid off as the pale boy stood. His chest was bare and seemed pretty lengthy with a bit of muscle. He hands moved to his hips that wore black leather pants. They looked snug on his hips, but loosely fitting towards his red knee-high boots. "My name is Capitan Dilandau Albatou. I seem to be having some troubling dreams lately. Would you care to take them away for me?" He looked to Celena with such arrogance.

'Should I? I only just met him!!' The Dreamcatcher didn't know what to do. 'But maybe...' The girl stood up strait, though it was hard with all the rope around her. "I will if you would bring me back to my campsite unharmed." The girl gave him a glare.

Captain Albatou chuckled under his breath. "Hmmmm, I might if you take away my dreams."

"Then it's a deal?"

Dilandau sighed. "I guess. Yes. It's a deal." The pale arrogant boy turned and walked off away from the fire to a large tent far from the other medium sized tents. "Bring the Dreamcatcher to me!!" He shouted halfway. Cold sweat drips off the girl's face. 'What have I gotten myself into?' The boy with brown hair pushed Celena to her destination. She was thrown into the tent onto the floor like being thrown into a lion's den to be eaten. The girl looked up to see the Captain rummaging through some things. He then took out a knife. 'Oh no!! What's going to happen to me!!' Her mind screamed for mercy, but she knew it'd probably make the situation worse if she did it out loud. Dilandau knelt behind the poor girl. She felt like she was going to cry. Then she heard the cutting of ropes. 'I'm free!! I could run away right now...' Celena's cerulean eyes followed the pale boy until he sat on his futon in front of her. His sheets where the color of blood red. He looked at her with his tired red eyes, elbows crossed on his folded legs.

"Well, what do you want me to do?"

'What should I do?' She thought. 'I might as well help the guy.' The girl sighed mentally.

"You need to lay down, rest, and clear your mind." Celena spoke with poise, as if to soothe the boy's soul. Willingly, he lied down and shut his eyes. The Dreamcatcher sat beside him. But Dilandau opened his eyes and looked at Celena.

"What if I can't sleep?"

Celena gave a frustrated sigh. "Then I'll sing."

The pale boy closed his eyes. "So sing."

The Dreamcatcher took a deep breath.

Win chent a lotica
En vai tu ri
Si lo ta
Fin dein a loluca
Si katigura neuver
Floreria for chesti
Si entina

The girl looked at the boy once more. Sound Asleep. There was some silver hairs strayed on his face. She moved them away. ... Celena's eyes also wanted to rest...

Celena woke from her stupor as she heard cries from near. The girl looked to the boy and saw him with his face full of cold sweat. His body tossed and turned. Sometimes his eyes started to flutter. 'How bad is this dream?' Celena franticly tried to calm the tormented soul, but all was in vain. So she started to put her hands on his sweaty chest above his heart.

Breathe in one...two...three...breathe out...four...

Celena's vision turned into utter darkness. Her heart felt like it was being stabbed by a bunch of needles. She screamed in agony. Then her visions turned to her past. There were tall men in black beating a boy with long blond hair and blue eyes. They were yelling at him and hitting him till the poor child didn't move any longer.

"Brotherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tears sprayed as Celena jerked her head upwards. And to think that was worse...She saw other visions with another boy, familiar yet unfamiliar. It's the Captain! A black fire seemed to consume the younger version of the captain. Shadowed beasts pulled him down into their abyss. A mother figure reaches for him, but was also pulled away into an abyss above. Celena screamed more.

"Stop it! Stop it! I want to get out! I want to get out!!!!!!!!!"

She remembers no more.

Dilandau instantly woke up. He moved upwards but felt something on his abdomen. The girl! Her face was tear streaked and looked like it was in pain.

"Poor soul", was all he said. The captain slowly lifted the girl as he sat himself up. He moved the girl into his futon and stood up to put some more clothes on. Dilandau put on a whitish-violet under shirt. He then lifted a chest armor that seemed to be decorated with a dragon-like creature. With that, he strapped it onto his cheat. He then took a silver poncho decorated with red-blood threading. The boy took a look at the sleeping creature on his futon. Her face seemed to calm a bit. Dilandau's eyes burrowed. He went to the sleeping Dreamcatcher and wrapped the girl in one of his side blankets for cold night. The captain then lifted her up with his arms and walked through his door way.

A bunch of the boys seemed to be listening near the tent. They knew they were going to be in trouble. Dilandau glared at all of the young men.

"Get . back . to . your . tents!!!!!!"

With a yelp and a cry, all of the boys quickly got back to their sleeping quarters, all but the two who got out because of the captain's yelling.

They ran to their leader who was walking off with the Dreamcatcher girl in his arms. "Where are you going, milord?"

"I'm bringing her back."

The two stopped and looked at each other. They talked amongst themselves about Dilandau never keeping his word.

The pale young man growled in anger as the two spoke. But he kept on walking.

End of chapter 3

Thanks for reading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! waves goodbye

Ja ne